Lobbyist began career at family station
- October 30, 2015 |
- Walt Williams
Scarpelli Communications and broadcasting may be in the genes for Brian Scarpelli. The Telecommunications Industry Association lobbyist grew up in western Michigan, where his parents own a small-town AM/FM radio station. The family business gave Scarpelli his first taste of the working world. "I did it all," he said. "I went on the air. I sold ads. I did production. I took out the garbage. I mowed the grass and everything in between. It was a great job." Scarpelli, 31, is now TIA's director of government affairs and was recently appointed co-chair of a federal advisory committee on cybersecurity. The association staffer said his career trajectory hasn't gone quite… Read More